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1、WritingforanAmericanAcademicAudienceIfyouetoanAmericanuniversityfromanothercountry,youicessaysinanAmericanfashion.Thishandouttouchesonsomeofthebasicqualitiesofanacademicessayericanacademicessaysareusuallythesis-driven.Thismeansthatyouastheustexplainthemainpointofyouressayatthestart.A
2、thesisstatementisasentenceortaybedifferentfromnon-Americans,inplied,delayed,ordeliveredattheendoftheessay.Considerthethesisstatementaconciseversionoftheentireessay,pleofathesisforaninformativeessay:Theexperimentfailedbecauseofthepresenceofheliuminthevat;theheliumtaintedthepurityofthe
3、environmentandcausedthedatatobeirrevocablyskeostimportantideas.**Here’sanexampleofathesisforanargumentessay:PurdueUniversityshouldoffermorescholarshipstointernationalstudentsbecausetheyhaveagreaterdesiretosucceedincollege,tendtoorequicklyandericanstudents.Thistypeofthesisusuallystate
4、stheprimarygoaloftheargumentandthenindicatesthereasonsorpointsyouakeintheessaytosupporttheargument.Subsequently,everyassertionthatyoumakeafterustberelatedtothethesisstatement.Therestoftheessaymustclarifyorsupportyourthesis.UseLinearStructureOncethethesisstatementisestablished,therest
5、oftheessaymustfloostrudimentarystructureforanacademicessay,the5-partessay,isasfolloade)Part2.Point1.Part3.Point2.Part4.Point3.Part5.ConclusionAdditionally,argumentessaystendtoincludeasectionofinformativebackgrounddataonthetopic,plusasectioncitingandrefutingpossibleobjectionstotheargu
6、ment.UseTransitionsConnectthedifferentsectionsofyourpaperple,ontheotherhand,andinconclusion)thatshople:Theremainingericanuniversitiesarenotimpressedbyaplicatedalple,youiterrorsingrammarandthusmorelikelytoholdtheinterestofyourreader.icustgivethemcredit;failuretodosoiscalledplagiarism,
7、ountstotheft!Theethingthatisimmediatelyacquired,likeaneethingtobefixed.Don’tbediscouragedbydifficulty—noone,notevennativeusersofalanguage,everbeesperfectinalanguage.Setreasonablegoalsthatyoucanachieveoveralongperiodoftime.Thetutorsintheeeachicakeappointmentstotalkwithtutorsaboutyourp
8、apers.
